Segericus I of Baetica

Segericus I of Baetica (437-476) was the king of Baetica until his death in 476 AD.

Biography
Segericus was a member of the ruling Goths of the Spanish Kingdom of Baetica, and was a descendant of Amalric I of Baetica, king until 431 AD. Segericus disliked Christian cultists, who had an unhealty obsession with death and the afterlife. He was also foul-mouthed, a social drinker, mildly extravagant, financially irregular, and a pagan who demanded that people worship the gods. When he became king, he inherited a legacy of warfare with the Berbers and the Eastern Roman Empire, and his attempts to capture Sardinia from the Romans failed.

In 475, the Eastern Roman Empire Captain Aegidius laid siege to Tarraco, the capital of Tarraconensis and a major city of the Baeticans. Segericus failed in his attempts to break the siege, and was killed when the Romans launched an assault on Tarraco.